IMFC wrote:Anytime someone tries to change their approach to something, they are going to take a step back before going forward again. anyone that thought there was a magic switch that would just fix things is wrong.

+1

I am on the Fleury bandwagon. I think he bounces back.

Not to mention how many more knee jerk reaction threads we will see through out the year, makes this whole topic kinda silly.

A good thread would be an over/under on how many "Trade _____" we will see for each player, and "Fire _____" for each coach.

Like for example, I bet there will be at least 15 "Trade Malkin" threads this year.

I don't understand the threads myself, only Philly trades players like trading cards.

MarioLives wrote:So I guess the real question is...what MAF ever a good goalie? Or did he always suck, and just got lucky? I would say reading this thread, he has always sucked. Intersting................

Fleury is the goalie for the team Sydney Crosby is on. The media LOVES the Penguins. They love to slobber love all over them when they are good, and they love, absolutely love, to kick them when they are down.

Thus, I do not think it is too much of a streak to say Fleury is what he is, and in the past has been over-hyped for his abilities.

I think he is a solid NHL goalie. The biggest difference is more times than not he vanishes in the playoffs.

MarioLives wrote:So I guess the real question is...what MAF ever a good goalie? Or did he always suck, and just got lucky? I would say reading this thread, he has always sucked. Intersting................

... or maybe he just can't handle being a starting goalie. Maybe if the pressure was on someone else he would thrive a bit better.

MarioLives wrote:So I guess the real question is...what MAF ever a good goalie? Or did he always suck, and just got lucky? I would say reading this thread, he has always sucked. Intersting................

... or maybe he just can't handle being a starting goalie. Maybe if the pressure was on someone else he would thrive a bit better.

MarioLives wrote:So I guess the real question is...what MAF ever a good goalie? Or did he always suck, and just got lucky? I would say reading this thread, he has always sucked. Intersting................

... or maybe he just can't handle being a starting goalie. Maybe if the pressure was on someone else he would thrive a bit better.

MarioLives wrote:So I guess the real question is...what MAF ever a good goalie? Or did he always suck, and just got lucky? I would say reading this thread, he has always sucked. Intersting................

... or maybe he just can't handle being a starting goalie. Maybe if the pressure was on someone else he would thrive a bit better.

So what other options are there? I've heard Ryan Miller, which is a lateral move at best. What about Victor Fast? Heck, even Tim Thomas might be lured out of Florida at the deadline. Moving goalies isn't exactly the easiest thing from a GM's perspective.

MarioLives wrote:So I guess the real question is...what MAF ever a good goalie? Or did he always suck, and just got lucky? I would say reading this thread, he has always sucked. Intersting................

... or maybe he just can't handle being a starting goalie. Maybe if the pressure was on someone else he would thrive a bit better.

He's proven himself a very capable starter during the regular season. It's been when the pressure of the playoffs that things start to unravel.

blurryhaze312 wrote:I personally think the guy is shell shocked from a poor all-around team defensive strategy/execution, coupled with a playoff or two of bad luck on his part. Snowball effect.

This is pretty much it. The team had no answer for the aggressive play of the Flyers and Islanders, it was just turnover after turnover. Everyone watched the puck and tried to react in their own end. When the penguins played well against the islanders, they shut em out in game 5 just as they did in game 1 with Fleury in net. It's like watching Ben Roethlisberger behind his offensive line, there is an obvious discomfort with happy feet, short-arming the ball, and an all around panicked attempt to try and do too much.